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Pragelato: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Torino, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Nazionale 2, Pragelato.

Pragelato, upper Val Chisone, cross-country skiing and Val Troncea

Pragelato lies in the upper Val Chisone, west of Turin, at more than 1,500 metres, with hamlets scattered along the valley floor and wide meadows among larch woods. At the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics it hosted the ski jumping and cross-country skiing events, and Nordic skiing remains one of its draws; the Val Troncea nature park also lies within the municipality. Many houses are second homes, used in winter and summer.

There are few residents, but the population is not ageing as in other mountain villages. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 740 residents in 2023, up 2.2% on 2011. The average age is 45.2, against 47.4 across the metropolitan area of Turin, and over-65s make up 20.1% against 26.4%. Foreign residents account for 26.5% of the population. Average declared income is below the metropolitan average.

Buying in Pragelato means buying in the high mountains. This is climate zone F, with long winters, heavy snow and heating on for most of the year; insulation, windows and the type of heating system count as much as floor area. For a flat in an apartment block, ask about service charges and the state of the roof and central heating plant; for a chalet or stone house, about work done and whether the permits are in order.

Pragelato is in seismic zone 3, like 270 other municipalities in the metropolitan area, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.127 g.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality. The report traces the address to its land parcel and checks landslides and watercourses on the official maps, which matter in an Alpine valley where streams and slopes change from one hamlet to the next.

Key points

  • Upper Val Chisone, over 1,500 metres, with the Val Troncea park.
  • Venue of the 2006 Olympic ski jumping and cross-country events.
  • Over-65s at 20.1%, against 26.4% in the Turin area.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.127 g.

Overview

Pragelato is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 740 residents, ranked 228 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pragelato is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3S. Most municipalities in the province (271 of 312) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.127 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 2.2%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 26.5% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pragelato declared an average taxable income of 23,182 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pragelato is in climate zone F, with 4,640 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,524 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pragelato has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility, 3 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

There are 1.4 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 1.3% of the land in Pragelato, compared with 8.6% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pragelato is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Pragelato.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pragelato: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Pragelato are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 27 inhabited census areas in Pragelato. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 69.5%
  • good 30.5%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 001201. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.